Cuspidor-cleaning apparatus.



,P. TATARYN.

CUSPIDOR CLEANlNG APPARATUS.

-APPL|CATION FILED MAR. 2. 1917-.

1,234,963. Pat exited 1111 731," 1917.

4 Q A Li Peh'o 75/ 04912 PETRO TATARYN, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSPIDOR-CLEANING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul 31, 191 *7.

Application filed March 2, 1917. Serial No. 151,932.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETRO TATARYN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, resident of Chester, county of Chester, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidor- Cleaning Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cuspidor cleaning apparatus, and has as its principal object the provision of a frame attachable to the exterior of the cuspidor and hand operable means combined therewith whereby the interior of the cuspidor may be thoroughly cleansed.

A further object is to provide means whereby a stream of water enters the receptacle as the brush is revolved, and finally, to provide an apparatus which is readily portable so that it may be carried from place to place as may be desired.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel design, construction, and com bination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of an apparatus made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken through the center line of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the same, parts being broken away in order to show the construction.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the brush employed.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 2, drawn to an enlarged scale, and

Fig. 6 is a broken perspective view showing one of the grippers engageable with the side of the ouspidor.

The apparatus consists essentially of a rectangular frame 10 having attached at opposite sides a pair of resilient arms or levers 11, the same being curved inwardly at their lower end 12 and attached to pliable arcuate grippers 14: adapted to partially encircle the exterior of the vessel.

The casing 10 is arranged to act as a stor age reservoir for water which may be filled in through the open top having a removable cover 15, the casing also containing an interior compartment 16 in which is mounted a bracket 17 carrying a rotatable sha t 1 operable by the hand crank 19, the opposite or inner end of the shaft having fixed upon it a bevel gear 20, meshing with a pinion 21, afiixed upon the upper end of a vertical shaft 27 the same extending downward through the casing 10 and extension 30 of the same, where at its bottom, it is provided with a rotatable valve 32 in which are formed apertures 33 arranged in pairs upon opposite sides and adapted to cooperate with openings 341 formed in the casing bottom 31 so that at each full revolution of the shaft 27 two distinct streams pass downward alongside the shaft 27, which has attached at its lower end a brush head 35, having bristles 86 which are arranged to form a globular structure adapted to be received within the vessel 38 to be cleansed. Obviously the valve arrangement is such that no water passes except the openings 33 and 34 be in register.

Midway, at the top of the casing 10 is a cross bar 40 to which is attached a stem 41 ending in a hand loop 42 by means of which the apparatus may be manipulated and transported as desired.

In operation, the cover 15 having been removed and the casing 10, including the extension 30, filled with water, the spring arms or levers 11 are separated by hand and allowed to grip upon opposite sides of the vessel 38, whereupon the handle 19 is operated, causing the brush to rotate within the vessel and at the same time to provide intermittent streams of water to pass through the openings downwardly into the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a tank adapted to receive liquid, a filling means therefor, and a pair of flexible arms rigidly secured to said tank, of pliable gripping devices attached at the opposite end of said arms, adapted to engage with the exterior of a vessel, a shaft mounted centrally in said tank and extend ing therebelow, a brush carried by the lower end of said shaft, means for manually rotating said shaft, a rotary valve engaged upon said shaft, and means combined with the lower end of said tank whereby water may be delivered intermittently therefrom when said shaft is rotated.

5 In a device of the class described, the

combination with a tank, resilient supporting arms attached thereto, said arms being engageable With a Vessel, a shaft mounted to rotate centrally in said tank and extending therebeloW a brush attached at the lower end of said shaft, means for rotating said shaft, a disk having peripheral recesses rigidly attached to said shaft Within said tank, and a bottom plate formed With said tank, said bottom plate containing openings 10 In testimony whereof I have affixed my 15 signature this 15 day of February, 1917.

PETRO TATARYN.

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